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WORDS CHRIS BEANLAND, CAROLINE BISHOP | PHOTO PAWEL LIBERA, VISITSOUTHEND.CO.UK
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THE BUZZ
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TRAVEL NEWS
LONDON SOUTHEND
As easyJet begins
flying to Southend,we look at some of the
town’s unexpected highlights...
It’s arty
The light herehas attractedmany
artists, includingJohnConstable,whose
work canbe seen in theBeecroft Gallery.
Formodernart, visit CoExist,ArtOnThe
Railings or theLeighandWestcliffArtTrails.
There’s a musical buzz
In 2006, the
NME
identified the“Southend Scene”. The
town’s home to artists as varied as Procol
Harum, Scroobius Pip and, erm, Busted.
LONDON
It’s not often that
performers of Shakespeare’s greatest
political play,
Julius Caesar
, are actual
Romans. There’s a rare treat in store
for the audiences at London’s Globe
Theatre on 1-2 May then, as Rome-
based theatre company I Termini
tread the boards with their Italian-
language production of the play.
Part of the theatre’s international
Globe to Globe festival (37 plays in
37 different languages), the play’s
director Andrea Baracco hopes to
show the relevance of the play in the
modern world, although he refrains
fromdrawing any parallels with Italian
politics today, joking that, “Berlusconi
is not as powerful or interesting as
Julius Caesar”.
Globe to Globe runs from21 April to 9
June, part of theWorld Shakespeare
Festival.All plays have English surtitles.
shakespearesglobe.com/globetoglobe
Beside the Seaside
Buongiorno
Shakespeare!
Its pier is peerless
At 1.3miles,
Southend’s wooden promontory is the
longest pleasure pier in the world. Lazy
walkers can get a lift to the end on a train.
It’s one to watch
As it’s easily reached
fromLondon, the townhas become a key
location forTVandfilmmakers. It’s also
home toSouthendFilmFestival (3-7May).
It’s a city of the future?
The town is
competing to be awarded city status as
part of the Queen’s Jubilee. Best of luck,
we say.
visitsouthend.co.uk
GENEVA
Customised confectionery to
suit your own tastes might sound very
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
, but
it’s now a reality. Nîmes-born designer
Elsa Lambinet has developed a range of
bespoke chocolate capsules, fitted with
holes for nuts, side slots for pralines and
textured tops so pastes will stick.
Dubbed Sweet Play, the range was
designed to put the fun back into food.
“I saw some LEGO and got my inspiration
right there,” said the 24-year-old of her
dark, milk and white chocolates that
were created with Lausanne chocolatier
Blondel. Order whatever tickles your
particular fancy from
lambinetelsa.com
Play With Your Food
Out to sea:
Southend -on-
Sea has the
longest pier
in the world